The teaching of communication skills may be misguided
	Richard Smith
	BMJ  2004;328, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7444.0-g [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

This week in the BMJ

This week in the BMJ [Full text] [PDF]

	Should antidepressants be used in children? [Full text]

	Patients want trustworthy and caring doctors [Full text]

	Eye catching gear may reduce motorcycle injuries [Full text]

	We need safer roads [Full text]

	Clustering of common risk factors does not explain risk of CHD [Full text]

	Corticosteroid injection improves knee pain [Full text]

Editorials

	War on the roads: two years on
	Ian Roberts, Kamran Abbasi
	BMJ  2004;328:845, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7444.845 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Road traffic injury prevention
	Barry Pless
	BMJ  2004;328:846, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7444.846 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Ireland's workplaces, going smoke free
	Fenton Howell
	BMJ  2004;328:847-848, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7444.847 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Partner reduction and the prevention of HIV/AIDS
	David Wilson
	BMJ  2004;328:848-849, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7444.848 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Minimally invasive parathyroidectomy
	F Fausto Palazzo, Gregory P Sadler
	BMJ  2004;328:849-850, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7444.849 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Letters

This week's letters [PDF]

	Research on preventing road traffic injuries in developing countries is needed
	Pablo Perel, Megan McGuire, Koshy Eapen, Alexandre Ferraro
	BMJ  2004;328:895, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7444.895 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Alcohol limit for drink driving should be much lower
	Ediriweera B R Desapriya
	BMJ  2004;328:895, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7444.895-a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Lithium and motor vehicle crashes: Perhaps bipolar disorder is the risk, not its treatment
	Tom R Dening
	BMJ  2004;328:895-896, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7444.895-b [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Lithium and motor vehicle crashes: Authors' reply
	Samy Suissa, Mahyar Etminan, Brenda Hemmelgarn
	BMJ  2004;328:896, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7444.896 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Secondary prevention for stroke and transient ischaemic attacks: Horizons needs expanding
	Sumantra Ray, Alexander S F Doney, Ronald S MacWalter
	BMJ  2004;328:896, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7444.896-a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Secondary prevention for stroke and transient ischaemic attacks: PROGRESS is about reducing blood pressure, not promoting drugs
	Martin Duerden
	BMJ  2004;328:896-897, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7444.896-b [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Secondary prevention for stroke and transient ischaemic attacks: Author's reply
	Keith W Muir
	BMJ  2004;328:897, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7444.897 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Compulsory screening of immigrants for TB and HIV: Screening could detect latent infection
	Ulf R Dahle
	BMJ  2004;328:897, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7444.897-a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Compulsory screening of immigrants for TB and HIV: Broader focus is needed for immigration and health issues
	Shahid A Khan
	BMJ  2004;328:897, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7444.897-b [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Review of tennis elbow was biased
	Jan M Bjordal, Jan Hendrik Demmink
	BMJ  2004;328:897-898, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7444.897-c [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Internet is indeed useful source for patients with cancer
	Julia M L Brotherton
	BMJ  2004;328:898, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7444.898 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Human tissue bill has impact on professional examinations
	Timothy R Helliwell
	BMJ  2004;328:898, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7444.898-a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Editing embargo is bad news for US scientists too
	Sergio A Perez Barrero
	BMJ  2004;328:898, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7444.898-b [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

News

	One million people die on world's roads every year
	Owen Dyer
	BMJ  2004;328:851, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7444.851 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Frequent ejaculation may be linked to decreased risk of prostate cancer
	Scott Gottlieb
	BMJ  2004;328:851, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7444.851-a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	In brief
	BMJ  2004;328:852, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7444.852 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Saline has similar effect to albumin in critically ill patients
	Susan Mayor
	BMJ  2004;328:852, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7444.852-a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	US screening programme shows high prevalence of aortic aneurysm
	David Spurgeon
	BMJ  2004;328:852, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7444.852-b [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	FDA warns against commercial prenatal ultrasound videos
	Janice Hopkins Tanne
	BMJ  2004;328:853, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7444.853 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Researchers decode gene sequences for chromosomes 13 and 19
	Susan Mayor
	BMJ  2004;328:853, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7444.853-a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

News roundup [abridged versions appear in the paper journal]

	WHO and science publishers team up on online register of trials
	Fiona Fleck
	BMJ  2004;328:854, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7444.854 [Extract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text]

	Researchers find no link between vaccination and type 1 diabetes
	Chibuzo Odigwe
	BMJ  2004;328:854, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7444.854-a [Extract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text]

	First NHS trusts awarded foundation status
	Stephen Pincock
	BMJ  2004;328:854, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7444.854-b [Extract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text]

	Stronger measures needed to avoid flu pandemic in Europe, commission warns
	Rory Watson
	BMJ  2004;328:854, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7444.854-c [Extract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text]

	BMJ Publishing Group sells its books department
	Owen Dyer
	BMJ  2004;328:854, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7444.854-d [Extract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text]

News extra [these stories appear only on the web]

	London's ethnic minority groups have poorer health, report shows
	Lynn Eaton
	BMJ  2004;328:854, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7444.854-e [Extract] [Full text]

	Admissions to hospital under the Mental Health Act rise by 30% over 10 years
	Zosia Kmietowicz
	BMJ  2004;328:854, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7444.854-f [Extract] [Full text]

	GPs should help patients avoid unhealthy breakfast cereals, expert says
	Katherine Burke
	BMJ  2004;328:854, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7444.854-g [Extract] [Full text]

Dr Foster's case notes

	Trends in admissions and deaths in English NHS hospitals
	Brian Jarman, Paul Aylin, Alex Bottle
	BMJ  2004;328:855, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7444.855 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: Full methodological details, tables and figures]

BMJ family highlights

	What's new this month in BMJ Journals
	Harvey Marcovitch
	BMJ  2004;328:856, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7444.856 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Primary care

	Corticosteroid injections for osteoarthritis of the knee: meta-analysis
	Bruce Arroll, Felicity Goodyear-Smith
	BMJ  2004;328:869, doi: 10.1136/bmj.38039.573970.7C, (Published 23 March 2004) [Abstract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

Information in practice

	Lessons from the central Hampshire electronic health record pilot project: issues of data protection and consent
	Trina Adams, Martin Budden, Chris Hoare, Hugh Sanderson
	BMJ  2004;328:871-874, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7444.871 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: Patient leaflets] FREE

	Lessons from the central Hampshire electronic health record pilot project: evaluation of the electronic health record for supporting patient care and secondary analysis
	Hugh Sanderson, Trina Adams, Martin Budden, Chris Hoare
	BMJ  2004;328:875-878, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7444.875 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

Clinical review

	Efficacy and safety of antidepressants for children and adolescents
	Jon N Jureidini, Christopher J Doecke, Peter R Mansfield, Michelle M Haby, David B Menkes, Anne L Tonkin
	BMJ  2004;328:879-883, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7444.879 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: Table]

	Lesson of the week: Recurrent hypoglycaemia in a diabetic patient as a result of unexpected renal failure
	Malvinder S Parmar
	BMJ  2004;328:883-884, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7444.883 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	ABC of smoking cessation: Harm reduction
	Ann McNeill
	BMJ  2004;328:885-887, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7444.885 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Education and debate

	Road safety advocacy
	Jeanne Breen
	BMJ  2004;328:888-890, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7444.888, (Published 10 April 2004) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Partner reduction is crucial for balanced "ABC" approach to HIV prevention
	James D Shelton, Daniel T Halperin, Vinand Nantulya, Malcolm Potts, Helene D Gayle, King K Holmes
	BMJ  2004;328:891-893, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7444.891 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: References and figure]

	Commentary: adolescent behaviour should be priority
	Stephen J Genuis, Shelagh K Genuis
	BMJ  2004;328:894, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7444.894 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Reviews

	Film: Capturing the Friedmans
	Peter Byrne
	BMJ  2004;328:901, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7444.901 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Ads: Benetton team designs WHO's road safety posters
	James Maskalyk
	BMJ  2004;328:902, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7444.902 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	PERSONAL VIEW: Road Trauma, a socially accepted horror movie
	Guy Mazairac
	BMJ  2004;328:903, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7444.903 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	SOUNDINGS: Meetings
	Kevin Barraclough
	BMJ  2004;328:903, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7444.903-a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Minerva

	Minerva
	BMJ  2004;328:904, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7444.904 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Fillers

	POEM*: Low dose aspirin safely reduced thrombosis in polycythaemia vera
	BMJ  2004;328, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7444.0-f [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Endpiece: Knowledge and comfort
	Samiran Nundy
	BMJ  2004;328:860, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7444.860 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	bmjlearning.com: Coeliac disease: myth buster
	Kieran Walsh
	BMJ  2004;328:868, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7444.868 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Printing error reveals effectiveness of public health promotion
	Ognjen Brborovic
	BMJ  2004;328:874, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7444.874 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Interactive case report: A 66 year old with breathlessness
	BMJ  2004;328:884, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7444.884-c [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	One hundred years ago: Professional jealousy
	BMJ  2004;328:887, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7444.887 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Does your heart go on vacation?
	Elizabeth Rider
	BMJ  2004;328:890, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7444.890 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Health initiatives in poor countries: what can we learn from them?
	BMJ  2004;328:894, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7444.894-a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Corrections

	German cancer specialist cleared of fraud allegations
	BMJ  2004;328:884, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7444.884 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Adding amynoglycoside to lactam does not improve results
	BMJ  2004;328:884, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7444.884-a [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	National reporting system for medical errors is launched
	BMJ  2004;328:884, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7444.884-b [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

Career focus

	What would be a good question to ask the panel at the end of an interview for a specialist registrar post?
	Carl Gray
	BMJ  2004;328:s142, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7444.s142, (Published 12 February 2004) [Abstract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	My work in epidemiology does not include any clinical practice, but clinical registration was a necessary qualification for the post and I use my clinical knowledge daily. What is my position with regard to appraisal?
	Brian Keighley
	BMJ  2004;328:s142, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7444.s142-a, (Published 12 February 2004) [Abstract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	What senior house officer posts are most suited to a career in cardiology?
	Mark Scoote
	BMJ  2004;328:s142, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7444.s142-b, (Published 12 February 2004) [Abstract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	I want to start work in the United Kingdom as a junior house officer after I've finished my education in 18 months' time. What extra efforts should I make in order to secure a job?
	Roger Charlton
	BMJ  2004;328:s142, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7444.s142-c, (Published 12 February 2004) [Abstract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	THIS WEEK
	Rhona MacDonald
	BMJ  2004;328:s143, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7444.s143, (Published 12 February 2004) [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	The ABC of change: G, H, I
	Susan E Kersley
	BMJ  2004;328:s143, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7444.s143-a, (Published 12 February 2004) [Abstract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Working in the media 3: getting your message across
	Graham Easton
	BMJ  2004;328:s144-s145, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7444.s144, (Published 12 February 2004) [Abstract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	The horse communicator
	Krishna Chinthapalli
	BMJ  2004;328:s146, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7444.s146, (Published 12 February 2004) [Abstract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Late life crisis
	Richard Sturge
	BMJ  2004;328:s147, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7444.s147, (Published 12 February 2004) [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Writing Tips on...
	Graham Easton
	BMJ  2004;328:s147, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7444.s147-a, (Published 12 February 2004) [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Flaw and order
	David Bass, Anthony C Barton
	BMJ  2004;328:s148, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7444.s148, (Published 12 February 2004) [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	The good sports Samaritan
	Evan L Lloyd
	BMJ  2004;328:s148, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7444.s148-a, (Published 12 February 2004) [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	For the love of teaching
	Sujit Nair
	BMJ  2004;328:s148, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7444.s148-b, (Published 12 February 2004) [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	"Born in the USA"—not
	B Thomas, P S Gill
	BMJ  2004;328:s149, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7444.s149, (Published 12 February 2004) [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Disrupting the student status quo
	Graham McMahon
	BMJ  2004;328:s149, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7444.s149-a, (Published 12 February 2004) [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	"Neuroprimaritry"
	Katherine E Burn
	BMJ  2004;328:s149, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7444.s149-b, (Published 12 February 2004) [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	High quality research v curriculum vitae padding
	Mark Scoote
	BMJ  2004;328:s149, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7444.s149-c, (Published 12 February 2004) [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Superman<$DOWNLINK>
	Nicola Sharp
	BMJ  2004;328:s150, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7444.s150, (Published 12 February 2004) [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

Obituaries

This week's obituaries [PDF]

	Marcel Haegi
	Ian Roberts
	BMJ  2004;328:899, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7444.899 [Extract] [Full text]

	Philip Andrew Banks Raffle
	W M Dixon, J L Kearns
	BMJ  2004;328:900, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7444.900 [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version]

	Roy Frank Goulston
	Alan Ruben, Richard Savage
	BMJ  2004;328:900, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7444.900-a [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version]

	Bernard Leo Hoffmann
	Bernard V Lee
	BMJ  2004;328:900, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7444.900-b [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version]

	William Sim Munro
	Ranald T I Munro
	BMJ  2004;328:900, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7444.900-c [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version]

	Nicholas Mark Alma Oakman
	Simon Harris
	BMJ  2004;328:900, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7444.900-d [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version]

Papers

	Motorcycle rider conspicuity and crash related injury: case-control study
	Susan Wells, Bernadette Mullin, Robyn Norton, John Langley, Jennie Connor, Roy Lay-Yee, Rod Jackson
	BMJ  2004;328:857, doi: 10.1136/bmj.37984.574757.EE, (Published 23 January 2004) [Abstract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Clustering of risk factors and social class in childhood and adulthood in British women's heart and health study: cross sectional analysis
	Shah Ebrahim, David Montaner, Debbie A Lawlor
	BMJ  2004;328:861, doi: 10.1136/bmj.38034.702836.55, (Published 8 March 2004) [Abstract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Doctors' communication of trust, care, and respect in breast cancer: qualitative study
	Emma Burkitt Wright, Christopher Holcombe, Peter Salmon
	BMJ  2004;328:864, doi: 10.1136/bmj.38046.771308.7C, (Published 30 March 2004) [Abstract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Inappropriate admission of young people with mental disorder to adult psychiatric wards and paediatric wards: cross sectional study of six months' activity
	Adrian Worrall, Anne O'Herlihy, Sube Banerjee, Tony Jaffa, Paul Lelliott, Peter Hill, Angela Scott, Helen Brook
	BMJ  2004;328:867, doi: 10.1136/bmj.38058.605787.AE, (Published 5 April 2004) [Extract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: Additonal table] FREE

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